Module 2- Lessons 1-4 Vocabulary Quiz Practice

Playful or clever use of words to create humor.

• wordplay (n.)

• pun (n.)

• idiom (n.)

• homograph (n.)

A humorous play on words based on two words or phrases that are close in sound but different in meaning

• pun (n.)

• wordplay (n.)

• idiom (n.)

• homophone (n.)

Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and different meanings.

• homophone (n.)

• homograph (n.)

• idiom (n.)

• wordplay (n.)

Two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings (and sometimes different pronunciation); often referred to as multiple-meaning words.

• homograph (n.)

• homophone (n.)

• idiom (n.)

• pun (n.)

A phrase or expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words.

• idiom (n.)

• delivery (v.)

• adapt (v.)

• audience (n.)

To change; to alter as a result of the changes to the environment.

• adapt (v.)

• delivery (v.)

• audience (n.)

• peculiar (adj.)

A group of people who watch or listen to a performance.

• audience (n.)

• peculiar (adj.)

• delivery (v.)

• idiom (n.)

Abnormal or different from the usual expectation.

• peculiar (adj.)

• idiom (n.)

• homophone (n.)

• adapt (v.)

The technique or way in which something is said.

• delivery (v.)

• adapt (v.)

• homograph (n.)

• wordplay (n.)